13/05/2011 | Argentina

A deepened dispute between Argentina and Brazil continued today when the Industry Ministry made an official complaint about the nontariff trade barriers Dilma Rousseff’s administration placed on imported cars; which include Argentine cars, in a strongly worded six-sided letter.

16/08/2011 | Argentina

President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, congratulated President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner today, following the results of the primary elections on Sunday in which she led by over 50 points. According to official sources the pair are to hold a meeting prior to the G-20 summit.

28/11/2012 | Argentina

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner today assured the government will pay all its financial obligations to bond holders who joined the 2005 and 2010 debt swaps, during a speech to close the annual UIA Industrial Union conference.

29/07/2011 | Argentina

Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and her Brazilian counterpart Dilma Rousseff inaugurated the new Argentine Embassy in the Brazilian Capital. Former Brazilian President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was also present during the rally. Earlier, they stressed the need of expanding the commercial integration between the two nations.

25/04/2013 | Argentina

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff assured during a joint conference with President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner that she was certain the Vale mining company “would find a way to reach an agreement with the Argentine authorities.”

26/10/2014 | Argentina

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner today paid tribute to her Brazilian counterpart Dilma Rousseff, as the Workers Party candidate saw off the challenge of Aecio Neves to secure a second term at the head of Argentina's neighbouring nation.

27/10/2014 | Argentina

Governor of Buenos Aires Daniel Scioli today paid tribute to Brazil president Dilma Rousseff and Tabaré Vázquez of Uruguay, stating that the pair's election wins showed that the opposition were wrong to demand change in South American politics.

27/10/2014 | Argentina

The re-elected President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff has called President Cristina Fernández to thank her Argentine counterpart for her message of congratulations as well as organising a bilateral meeting in Australia during the G20 summit.

16/03/2015 | Argentina

18/10/2011 | World

Brazil's sports minister came under growing pressure to resign today as more evidence emerged of wrongdoing at his ministry in a corruption scandal that raises doubts abpit preparations for the next World Cup.

09/04/2012 | World

Calling Brazil an "inspiring success story" secretary of State Hillary Clinton said today that relations with Brazil must continue to mature so that the two democratic powers can promote economic and political stability around the world.

09/04/2012 | Latin America

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said today that she raised concerns in a meeting with US President Barack Obama over the impact of the rich world's expansionary monetary policies on developing countries such as Brazil.

25/05/2012 | Latin America

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff vetoed divisive elements of a new law that relaxes the forest cover farmers must preserve on their land, taking a stand against the agricultural lobby that pushed a more lenient version through Congress.

22/10/2011 | Latin America

Brazilian media reported more corruption allegations against the country's embattled sports minister, raising the pressure on him to quit a day after he received the backing of President Dilma Rousseff.

26/10/2011 | Latin America

Brazil's sports minister resigned over a corruption scandal, the country's GloboNews television station said, reviving concern over President Dilma Rousseff's unstable ruling coalition and the country's lagging preparations for the 2014 World Cup.

28/12/2011 | Latin America

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner thanked all those who demontrated solidarity and well wishes," while addressing the nation for the first time since it was announced that she will undergo surgery to remove a thyroid carcinoma, She confirmed Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez was the first regional leader to call her and offer her support.

16/03/2012 | Latin America

The Brazilian Government House issued a statement denying President Dilma Roussef’s remarks on the Argentine inflation. Her input on the country’s inflation rate caused diplomatic discomfort yesterday when several national and international media vehicles ran stories on the alleged remarks.

09/08/2011 | Latin America

Brazilian police have arrested 38 people in three states related to the nation's Tourism Ministry on allegations of corruption. Among the detainees is the ministry's second in command, Frederico Silva da Costa and former Embratur president, Mario Moises.

20/03/2013 | Latin America

In the second meeting Pope Francis holds with a head of state, the pontiff received Brazilian President Dilma Roussef. After a 30-minute meeting, the South American leader affirmed the pontiff is “excited” about the possibility of visiting Brazil.

23/03/2013 | Latin America

As part of an official tour to Brazil where he will be visiting Rio de Janeiro to attend the celebrations marking the 2013 World Youth Day, Pope Francis is expected to hold a meeting with Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff in Brasilia.

29/01/2013 | Latin America

Cities across Brazil are beginning to crack down on nightclubs to ensure they comply with fire regulations following a weekend blaze that killed 234 people at a club in the southern university town of Santa Maria.

17/08/2011 | Latin America

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has not yet decided whether she or her predecessor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, will be her party's candidate in the next election in 2014, a leading minister said in an interview published today.

24/08/2011 | Latin America

A Brazilian minister accused his own party of trying to destroy him and said he might not have enough support to continue in his job, raising the odds of yet another high-level departure from President Dilma Rousseff's beleaguered governmen

17/10/2011 | Latin America

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff faces another corruption scandal in her cabinet over accusations the sports minister took kickbacks, raising questions about the country's credentials to host the World Cup and Olympics.

17/03/2011 | Latin America

Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff said that Barak Obama's visit this weekend strongly consolidates the perception that Brazil “could be an important partner” for the United States, during a press interview.

19/03/2011 | Latin America

US President Barack Obama heralded Brazil's "extraordinary" rise on the world stage but stopped short of backing its bid for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council. Obama said his visit was a historic opportunity to strengthen US ties with the region's largest economy.

09/05/2011 | Latin America

Dilma Rousseff said today that Brazil is the seventh economy in the World and announced that the government is to finance scholarships abroad. “We are the world’s seventh economy and this is due to the effort and sweat of those who made this country grows,” she claimed.

20/05/2011 | Latin America

Brazil's federal public prosecutor asked President Dilma Rousseff's chief of staff Antonio Palocci to provide further details on contracts he won as a consultant before taking office in January, amid mounting accusations of influence-peddling by the opposition.

08/06/2011 | Latin America

As the political scene and markets recover from the resignation of Dilma’s government top official Antonio Palocci yesterday, new chief of staff, Gleisi Hoffmann is appointed starting a fresh chapter in the Rouseff’s government, reacted by a slight depreciation of the Brazilian currency.

09/06/2011 | Latin America

Upon commenting about the resignation of Brazilian chief of staff Antonio Palocci, in the midst of a political crisis that has shaken Brazil in the past few days, former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, said that Dilma “had the authority to fire the chief of staff and acted at the right time.”

01/07/2011 | Latin America

Controversy over Brazil’s dictatorship got fueled today. Jurists and Brazilian human rights organizations demanded the government comply with the ruling of the Inter-American Commission of Human rights which ordered to investigate and judge the crimes committed by Brazil’s dictatorship.

04/07/2011 | Latin America

A new corruption scandal and a top minister's remark that he is surrounded by "idiots" have further strained President Dilma Rousseff's ruling coalition and cast more doubts on her frozen legislative agenda.

08/07/2011 | Latin America

Brazilian President Dilma Roussef offered today Venezuela president Hugo Chávez her support over the mandate’s battle against cancer. According to the Presidential House press Secretary, Rousseff expressed her sentiments during a phone call conversation held this morning.

15/07/2011 | Latin America

Brazil’s president Dilma Rousseff announced last night the launching of a new plan aimed to boost and protect against international competition Brazilian pungent industry. The plan, according to Brazil’s mandate, is aimed towards the increase of local production and battles foreign protectionism.

03/02/2015 | Latin America

15/03/2015 | Latin America

Over one million demonstrators marched in cities and towns across Brazil to protest a sluggish economy, rising prices and corruption - and to call for the impeachment of leftist President Dilma Rousseff. SEE PHOTO GALLERY.

16/03/2015 | Latin America

19/11/2014 | Latin America

Two Brazilian executives admitted yesterday to paying multi-million dollar bribes to a former director of Petrobras and a money launderer with the intention of securing contracts with the state-oil company.

27/08/2014 | Latin America

A surging Marina Silva took Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff to task in an election debate where she touted her government's achievements in improving social conditions and defending wages in the midst of global economic crisis.

25/10/2014 | Latin America

In a final television debate of a bitter campaign, leftist President Dilma Rousseff and pro-business opposition candidate Aecio Neves sparred over who was best suited to restore growth to a stagnant economy, fight inflation, bring down rents and deal with open sewers in Brazilian cities.

26/10/2014 | Latin America

Brazil's leftist President Dilma Rousseff has narrowly won re-election after convincing voters that her party's strong record of reducing poverty over the last 12 years was more important than a recent economic slump.

26/04/2013 | Latin America

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and her Brazilian counterpart Dilma Rousseff agreed on strengthening bilateral integration that trade restrictions by Buenos Aires and the conflict involving Brazil's Vale mining giant have hindered over the past months.

25/06/2013 | Latin America

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's bid to defuse a sudden outburst of national discontent by proposing a referendum on political reforms ran into stiff opposition from politicians and lawyers who questioned its legality.

29/06/2013 | Latin America

President Dilma Rousseff's approval rating sank by 27 percentage points in the last three weeks, a poll showed today in the strongest evidence yet that the recent wave of street protests sweeping Brazil poses a serious threat to her likely re-election bid next year.

02/07/2013 | Latin America

President Dilma Rousseff sent Congress reform proposals intended to make Brazilian politics more representative in a bid to recoup popularity she lost in a wave of angry protests against the country's political establishment.

12/06/2014 | Sports

06/03/2013 | Economy

Brazil’s monthly inflation rate pr-obably slowed in February due to lower food costs and a government-sponsored cut in electricity rates, giving policymakers some breathing room as they try to boost economic growth and keep prices under control.

10/07/2014 | In Depth - 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil

After Brazil’s humiliating 7 to 1 defeat before Germany, President Dilma Rousseff was hoping to relieve some of the pain by crushing Argentina in a third-place match, the founder of the International Medical Assistance company, Edson Bueno, revealed after a meeting with the head of State.

13/07/2014 | In Depth - 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil

After Brazil’s humiliating 7 to 1 defeat against Germany and a day after a new heavy loss in third-place match against the Netherlands, President Rousseff thanked the national team for bringing joy to the people. “You are bigger than any result,” she said.